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Recent Examples of semirural
An evacuation order also was issued for residents of the Wilton area in semirural southeastern Sacramento County.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023
In the wake of apparent ruin, the family relocated from a town house in Harlem, with good furniture and servants, and a summer home on the beach, to the wilds of semirural Brooklyn.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
Limón is committed to giving agency to her semirural home.
—Edna Bonhomme, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
And yet those Americans, along with their neighbors in semirural suburban communities, play an outsize role in American electoral politics.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 June 2022
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Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2023
In the wake of apparent ruin, the family relocated from a town house in Harlem, with good furniture and servants, and a summer home on the beach, to the wilds of semirural Brooklyn.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
Limón is committed to giving agency to her semirural home.
—Edna Bonhomme, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
And yet those Americans, along with their neighbors in semirural suburban communities, play an outsize role in American electoral politics.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semirural
Adjective
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Fish caught near urban areas contained nearly three times more PFOS and overall PFAS than those caught in nonurban locations, the study found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2023
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But so did 55 percent of the nonurban coyote feces.—
Bethany Brookshire,
New York Times,
3 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Researchers from University College Dublin (UCD) and Queen’s University Belfast used advanced genomic sequencing and protein analysis to address a significant gap in Ireland’s agricultural history.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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Republicans have traditionally aligned with chemical manufacturers and big agricultural interests on pesticides and herbicides, supporting the industries’ desire for less oversight and regulation.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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His agrarian aptitude makes the man eager to expand.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Well into the 20th century, the state relied on taxing land and buildings which, in that agrarian period, were major forms of personal wealth.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Semirural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semirural. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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